Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Roland Hughes and Susanna Ridgeway




Husband Roland Hughes 1 2 3




           Born: 7 Jun 1814 - Scrubgrass Twp, Venango Co, PA 1 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 13 Jul 1894 - Cranberry Twp, Venango Co, PA 3
         Buried: 15 Jul 1894 - Franklin Cemetery, Franklin, Venango Co, PA 5


         Father: James Hughes (1776-1858) 3 6 7 8
         Mother: Nancy Shorts (1786-1866) 3 9


       Marriage: 6 Dec 1839 - Sandycreek Twp, Venango Co, PA 2 10



Wife Susanna Ridgeway 1 2 3

            AKA: Susan Ridgeway, Susan Ridgway 11
           Born: 17 Dec 1818 - Venango Co, PA 3 12
     Christened: 
           Died: 31 Jan 1893 3 12
         Buried: 2 Feb 1893 - Franklin Cemetery, Franklin, Venango Co, PA 5


         Father: Samuel Ridgeway (      -      ) 1
         Mother: 




Children
1 F Lovina B. Hughes 10 12

           Born: 6 Sep 1840 10
     Christened: 
           Died: 3 Apr 1919 10
         Buried:  - Franklin Cemetery, Franklin, Venango Co, PA
         Spouse: George E. Ridgeway, Sr. (1830-1891) 12
           Marr: 9 Apr 1863 - Cranberry Twp, Venango Co, PA 10


2 M James R. Hughes 10 13

           Born: 27 Sep 1842 10
     Christened: 
           Died: 13 Nov 1895 - Cranberry Twp, Venango Co, PA 10
         Buried:  - Brandon Cemetery, Cranberry, Venango Co, PA 14
         Spouse: Sarah Jane Shaffer (1848-      ) 10 15
           Marr: 2 Jul 1868 10


3 F Mary Etta Hughes 16

           Born: 29 Mar 1845 16
     Christened: 
           Died: 10 Mar 1846 16
         Buried:  - Brandon Cemetery, Cranberry, Venango Co, PA 17
         Spouse: Did Not Marry


4 M William Harvey Hughes 1 12

           Born: 18 Jan 1847 - Cranberry Twp, Venango Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 13 May 1924 16
         Buried:  - Rockland Cemetery, Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA 18
         Spouse: Florence S. Mays (1853-1918)
           Marr: 17 Apr 1873 1 16


5 M Roland Hughes, Jr. 16

           Born: 11 Jan 1850 16
     Christened: 
           Died: 18 Feb 1850 16
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Did Not Marry


6 M Warren Hughes 12

           Born: 15 Feb 1851
     Christened: 
           Died: 8 May 1851
         Buried:  - Brandon Cemetery, Cranberry, Venango Co, PA 19
         Spouse: Did Not Marry


7 M Charles Miles Hughes 16 20

           Born: 15 Jun 1853 - Cranberry Twp, Venango Co, PA 16
     Christened: 
           Died: 21 Jun 1938 16
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Lucy Alma Steffey (      -      ) 21
           Marr: 28 May 1875 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA 22


8 M Peter Titus Hughes 12 16

           Born: 17 Mar 1857 - Cranberry Twp, Venango Co, PA 12 16
     Christened: 
           Died: 15 Jan 1942 16
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Maggie Irvine (      -1903) 16 23
           Marr: 23 Feb 1893
         Spouse: Mrs. Alice Cummings Seaton (      -      ) 22
           Marr: 9 Jun 1904 - Chicago, Cook Co, IL 22


9 F Phoebe Hughes 12

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: in infancy
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Did Not Marry


10 M George B. Hughes 12

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: in infancy
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Did Not Marry


11 M Sylvester Hughes 16

           Born: 6 Sep 1860 16
     Christened: 
           Died: 19 Apr 1861 16
         Buried:  - Brandon Cemetery, Cranberry, Venango Co, PA 19
         Spouse: Did Not Marry



General Notes: Husband - Roland Hughes


He was born June 14. [TV, 280]
He became a farmer, and about 1840 settled in Cranberry Township, Venango County, PA, where in addition to farming he had a mill for some time, and he drilled a few oil wells on his property. During his early manhood he was engaged in lumbering and rafting for some years. Being a man of intelligence and advanced ideas on questions of public importance, he was called upon to assist in the administration of the local government, serving as school director and for over twenty years as road commissioner, and discharged his duties ably and conscientiously. [CAB, 961]

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Sources


1 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1143.

2 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 466, 961.

3 Alan R. Jones, Threads of Venango (Indiana, PA: A. G. Halldin Publishing Co., 1984), Pg 280.

4 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 466.

5 Franklin Cemetery - Record of Interments (Franklin, PA.).

6 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 486.

7 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 466, 628, 960.

8 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 635.

9 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 466, 960.

10 Alan R. Jones, Threads of Venango (Indiana, PA: A. G. Halldin Publishing Co., 1984), Pg 297.

11 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 636.

12 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 961.

13 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 811, 961.

14 Kipp Melat, Brandon Cemetery, Cranberry Township, Venango County, PA (Seneca, PA: Self-published, 1979), Pg 16.

15 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 811.

16 Alan R. Jones, Threads of Venango (Indiana, PA: A. G. Halldin Publishing Co., 1984), Pg 298.

17 Kipp Melat, Brandon Cemetery, Cranberry Township, Venango County, PA (Seneca, PA: Self-published, 1979), Pg 22.

18 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 5, Rockland Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1997), Pg 110.

19 Kipp Melat, Brandon Cemetery, Cranberry Township, Venango County, PA (Seneca, PA: Self-published, 1979), Pg 20.

20 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 961, 998.

21 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 999.

22 Joan S. Hanson & Kenneth L. Hanson, Marriages from Venango County Sources (Apollo, PA: Closson Press, 1994), Pg 118.

23 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 962.


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